Chen Erbao had always felt that the color pink clashed with his macho image. Luckily, the Spiritual Qi was pure white once it left his body, which saved him the trouble of having to come up with an explanation.

Otherwise, every batch of the mud mask would be pink. When people started asking questions, he wouldn't have a good answer.

"Brother Er Bao, working out again!"

Lin Rui, having just finished breakfast, came skipping through the door. Her eyes immediately landed on the impressive battering ram in his shorts.

"Brother Er Bao, you're not dressed again…"

Lin Rui's face flushed slightly.

But she'd seen it a few times already, so she wasn't about to get all shy and cover her face.

"Xiaorui, come help your big bro scrub his back!"

Chen Erbao grabbed a towel and ducked into the bathroom.

"Coming!"

Lin Rui had been dying to get her hands on Chen Erbao's muscles, and she gleefully ran over.

A moment later, strange sounds began to emerge from the bathroom.

"Brother Er Bao… stop messing around…"

"Xiaorui, are you wearing perfume?"

Chen Erbao buried his face in her neck, sensing a strangely pleasant scent in addition to her milky fragrance.

"No, I'm not…"

Lin Rui squirmed shyly, her voice trembling as she spoke.

Chen Erbao chuckled slyly and gave her a pinch.

"Still not admitting it? I can smell it. Don't tell me it's your natural scent…"

Lin Rui's face was bright red. She let out a soft moan.

"For a girl… to have a natural scent… isn't that… perfectly normal?"

"Alright, then. Today, I'm going to find out exactly where this 'natural scent' of yours is coming from."

Chen Erbao's hands traveled down from her soft mounds, past her smooth, pale stomach, and arrived at the mouth of the cave.

"Is it coming from in here?"

"N-no! It's not!"

Lin Rui clenched her teeth, trying to hold her ground.

"Hmph!"

Annoyed, Chen Erbao bit down.

"..."

In less than two minutes, Lin Rui was utterly defeated, surrendering completely.

Chen Erbao, full of fiery passion, raised his 'gun' and charged right in.

"Slo… ah…"

A few thrusts later, the enemy was completely routed. Chen Erbao sat proudly astride his snow-white steed, gently patting its rear.

"What do you call me?"

"Brother…"

...

By the time they were done messing around, it was already eight o'clock. Fang Yun had finished making breakfast and came over to call Chen Erbao to eat.

"Er Bao?"

Hearing Fang Yun's voice, a surprised gasp came from the bathroom, followed by a soft POP. Chen Erbao then walked out, bare-chested and straight-faced.

"Sister-in-law, is breakfast ready?"

Fang Yun glanced into the bathroom with a knowing smile.

"It's ready. Hurry up and eat before it gets cold."

Chen Erbao gave Fang Yun a wink, pulled up his pants, and walked out.

After the two of them had left, Lin Rui emerged from the bathroom, her face flushed. She peeked around cautiously, and seeing no one, slipped back to her own house.

「Meanwhile, in a house in Bailong Village.」

Chen Qing, limping, finished washing his face. He sat on the sofa with a cold look in his eyes, listening to the conversation in the yard.

"Mom, I'm leaving for work!"

"Eat a little more! Honey… you and Chen Erbao…"

"Oh, just stop talking about it! I'm leaving."

Chen Jiaqi couldn't stand Liu Xiufen's nagging. Things had gotten so bad between her and Chen Erbao, how could they possibly continue?

'But…' She recalled their two romantic encounters in the Bai River.

'Maybe… Chen Erbao really does still have feelings for me?'

Chen Jiaqi's mind was a mess. She decided to push all those thoughts aside for now, got on her electric scooter, and headed to the factory.

After Chen Jiaqi left, Liu Xiufen knocked on Chen Qing's door.

"Son, I had someone set you up with a girl today. Why don't you go meet her?"

"I'm busy. Don't make lunch for me."

Chen Qing walked gingerly out of the room, leaving without a backward glance.

'Sigh… what did I do to deserve this…'

Liu Xiufen had grown haggard these past few days. Especially now, seeing Chen Erbao's business get better and better, she was finally filled with regret…

"Hey, Brother Long, that brat isn't around today. Should we go scope the place out?"

Chen Qing made a call as soon as he stepped outside.

"He's too damn weird, I feel like…"

"Brother Long, my leg can't have been crippled for nothing! He's gone, what are you afraid of? We're just going to take a look and… add a little something extra for him!"

"Sigh, alright then…"

...

「At half past eight, the factory started work right on time.」 Everyone had their own job and was bustling about. The rich aroma of herbs filled the entire workshop.

Zhao Ruoying had a meeting in the village that morning. Afterward, she rode her bicycle to the factory and went straight to Chen Erbao's office.

"I've spoken to my family. Today is actually… never mind, let's just go. My second uncle's condition has gotten worse these past two days."

Zhao Ruoying urged him as soon as she walked in the door.

Chen Erbao knew the situation was urgent and grabbed his car keys.

"There's nothing much going on today. Let's go now."

He had already given instructions to Bai Xiaoqing and Lin Cheng; today's products had been shipped out early in the morning.

With yesterday's experience, there shouldn't be any problems today.

The Land Rover sped away, leaving the factory gates in a cloud of dust.

What Chen Erbao didn't expect was that shortly after he left, a gang of scooter punks quietly arrived in Bailong Village.

...

Zhao Ruoying's family lived in a manor on the outskirts of Hongyuan City.

Chen Erbao was a bit stunned when he heard the word "manor."

"Your family is this rich? Is your business legit?"

Zhao Ruoying shot him an annoyed glare.

"My family has been in politics and business since my grandfather's generation. It's been three generations. What's so strange about buying a manor?"

"Nothing…"

Chen Erbao secretly clicked his tongue in awe.

'I knew this girl had a powerful background, but it looks like she's not that far off from Lin Zhiqing.'

'Then again, it makes sense,' he thought. 'Her family has worked hard for three generations; it's only natural for her to look down on a country bumpkin like me.'

'If my future daughter ran off with a Huangmao, I'd definitely break the guy's legs.'

Leaving the city, the Land Rover soon arrived at a quiet, man-made forest. As they entered the gates, Chen Erbao's sharp eyes spotted the faint sweep of several red lights from within the dense woods.

'Holy crap, what kind of security is this? They even have infrared scanners?'

A hundred "holy craps" went off in Chen Erbao's head, and he felt a little nervous.

The forest was vast, and the road was well-maintained—flat and wide. The Land Rover drove for about twenty minutes before finally stopping in front of a villa.

"We're here… Later, call me Village Chief. Don't call me anything else!"

Zhao Ruoying said as she unbuckled her seatbelt.

"What counts as 'anything else'?"

Chen Erbao blinked and grinned mischievously.

Zhao Ruoying glared at him with her beautiful eyes.

"I'm not joking. I'm serious!"

"Alright, alright, I won't call you anything else!"

Chen Erbao promised, holding up four fingers.

Only then did Zhao Ruoying relax and push open the car door.

A few men and women were standing at the villa's entrance. The middle-aged woman in the lead hurried over when she saw Zhao Ruoying.

"Ruoying, you're back!"

"Auntie… you've lost so much weight!"

Chen Erbao got out of the car as well, sizing up the people before him.

Zhao Ruoying's aunt looked to be in her forties. Although she had wrinkles at the corners of her eyes and her skin looked a bit weathered, you could still faintly see the beauty of her youth.

The other two women and one man were all young; the man handsome, and the women beautiful.

One of the girls made Chen Erbao do a double-take, because she bore a slight resemblance to Zhao Ruoying.

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